Forty years after Jordan's shot, UNC looks to create new memories in New Orleans
Posted Mar 31, 2022
Michael Jordan’s game-winning shot against Georgetown in 1982 brought home Dean Smith’s first of two national championships and allowed UNC to gain the recognition it had been seeking for decades. Forty years later, after a much different season that saw the Tar Heels crawl into the postseason as an eight seed, the team finds itself in a similar place.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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